Gentleman&#39;s garter.



' Q/vihwoou G. J. HALL.

GENTLEMAN'S GARTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1a, 1908.

914,268. Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

-Garters,' of which the following is a specifisame is to providea garter in which a single p ece of elastic webbing 1s 'usedand in which securing the doubledportion by stitches or other suitable fastening.

GEORGE J. am, or MALONE, NnwroaK.

. GENTLEMANS GARTERQ Application filed August 18, 1903.

To all whom it may concern: I

' Belt known that I, GEORGE J. HA L, a citizen of the United States of America, residinq' at Maloneyin the county of Franklin and tateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gentlemens cation.

This invention relates to gentle'mens garters, and one of the principal objects of the there are no rejecting parts. v

. Another 0 ject oft-he invention is to provide a g'entlemans garter which will automatically adjust itself to a proper position for supporting the stocking.

Still anotherbb3ectof the invention is to provides. simple one-piece garter which can be taken ofi put on without the'use of separable clasps. V

These and other objects'may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a front elevation of a garter made in accordance with my invention and applied in position for use. Fig. 2 is a detail 'iei'spective .view of one of the stocking holders. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the double buckle. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view taken from the inner side of the garter at the point of intersection of the webbing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral-1 designates a single piece of elastic webbing, to the terminal ends of which are connected the stocking holders 2, said stocking holders. each consisting of a metal plate provided. withparallel slots 3 and an intermediate cross bar a. Upon one end of the holder a hook 5 is for-r led said hook having aseries of penetrating prongs These stockingfholders are securedto the endsjof the webbing l by passing the material through the slots 3 and A double buckle, such as that shown in Fig, 3', utilized for adjusting the hand to the required size to properly encircle the Specification oi-Letters Patent. f xatented March 2, 1909.

Serial Nd. 249,063.

leg, said buckle comprising the twooppositely disposed buckle members 7 and 8 connected together by an intermediate loop 9, said buckles being pivoted upon theloop. The webbing 1 .is passed around the leg immediately above-the calf, and the webbing is thenadjus-ted into the buckle member 7 to form a'loop 10, the hand then being extended back through the buckle member 8 and from thence bound to the stocking holder 2 on the end of the webbing 1 shown at theleft of Fig. 1. A short piece of material 11 may be secured to the buckle mem-. bers upon the inside, as shovm in Fig. 4, to prevent contact of the buckle with the leg of the wearer. is passed through'the loop '10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and the two stocking holders are connected to thestocking by engaging resents the amount of take-up or adjust inent; that there are no separable Clasps to disconnect and connect in order to take sit and put on the garter; that the garter may be put on' or taken oil, without detachment,

from the stocking and without derangement of the :u'ljusting devices, and that the gar;

ter can be manufactured at low cost and is very comfortable and efficient for its pur stocking supporter; an integral loop formed in the webbing intermediate its ends throngh which one end oithegarter is passed and an ad usting device connected to the garter One end, of the. Webbing 1 the prongs 6 Wlt-hih ribhed'or upper porat the loop fortaking up the webbing tc i the le of the wearer, said loop represent-ingadjustable to the required size, and said 10 i the ta e up of the webbing in adjusting the loop reprosenting'the take-up of the webbing garter. inadjusting the same.

2. A garment supporter coin rising o In testimony whereof I'afiix my signature s'mgle p ece of elastlc webbin aving a in presence of two witnesses.

stocking supporter at.each, en a double GEORGE J. HAT 1L. buckle connected to the webbing intermedi- \"v'itnesses: v r v ate its ends to form a. loo through which one Tnos. T., RUM-LY,

1 end of the garter passes, said webbing-being SAMUEL JAMES H N AR. 

